Middle Schools

The Howard County Public School System plans to have an inspector examine vents and other areas at Glenwood Middle School after the building's new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is installed in August, school system officials told parents at a community meeting Thursday. Frank Eastham, HCPSS's executive director of school improvement and administration, and Bruce Gist, executive director of facilities planning and management, also took questions from parents for about a half hour at the event, which was scheduled as a meet-and-greet for new principal Robert Motley. Dozens of people showed up. The school, built in 1967, has been the site of...

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Teachers may still be shifted between grade-level assignments within the Northampton Area School District as the beginning of the new school year approaches, but staffing is finalized for the new middle school.Some kndergarten teachers may find themselves...

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The Easton Area School Board will discuss a proposal Tuesday to close a school building for troubled youth and move those students to Easton Area Middle School.
The proposal comes after a study from the Pennsylvania Economy League last year projected...

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A long month of Halloween fun awaits. Like to be scared silly? Got you covered. Enjoy getting just a little spooked? Check that. Looking for fall fun for the whole family? There are plenty of hay mazes, fall festivals, special events, parades,...

Fourteen of Bethlehem Area School District's 22 schools scored a 70 or higher on Pennsylvania's soon-to-be-released School Performance Profile, one fewer than last year, according to the district.
Schools that score 70 or above are considered by the...

Standing in the shadow of Allentown's Muhlenberg Elementary School, Tom Wolf promised Thursday to make education a priority if he's elected Pennsylvania's next governor.
Wolf, the York County Democrat leading incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett in the polls, said...

Last year, as a fifth-grader, Willow Lane Elementary School pupil Megan Goldman read about an increasingly popular way to help lonely and disaffected children: the buddy bench.
It's a simple idea — a playground bench where children can sit to signal to...

A Parkland School District teacher is a semifinalist for the Music Educator Award that will be presented at the Grammy Awards in February.
Debra Reilly, who teaches at Springhouse Middle School and is orchestra director for the district, is among 25...

Nazareth Area Middle School, which in the past was rapped by the state for poor performance, has been named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2014 by the U.S. Department of Education.The school is among 337 schools nationwide — 287 public and 50 private —...

A Parkland School District teacher is a semifinalist for the Music Educator Award that will be presented at the Grammy Awards in February.
Debra Reilly of Allentown, who teaches at Springhouse and Orefield middle schools and and is the district's...

The Emmaus Arts Commission is holding its annual Student Film Festival.
Students are given 96 hours to conceptualize, shoot, edit and produce a 6-minute (maximum length) film. Organized as a school or team competition, winners receive cash and prizes and...

Losing students by the week because it doesn't have enough space, the Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School made another plea to the Bethlehem Area School District on Monday for permission to open a second location.
Parents and representatives of...

– A $10 million federal grant is heading to the Lehigh Valley's community colleges to help the schools better prepare the next generation of welders, health care administrators and machine-repair workers.The grant money announced Monday is part of a...

A Lower Milford Township native is ready to be the next big Disney star.
Her name is Sabrina Carpenter, and she plays the rebellious middle schooler Maya Hart on Disney Channel's hot new tween show "Girl Meets World."
The 15-year-old not...

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DeLong has always liked fire. So when the Catasauqua teenager was considering options for school this year, the welding program at Lehigh Career &...

The Parkland School Board on Tuesday indulged in what President Roberta Marcus called its "favorite night of the year" — the reception to welcome new teachers and administrators.
The majority of the new hires attended, and Pam Kelly, Parkland's...

For years the Allentown School District has had difficulties dealing with a high Latino student dropout rate. According to the state Department of Education, the dropout rate was 7.23 percent in the 2011-12 school year, the most recent year for which...

A Pennsylvania appeals court has refused to hold a second hearing on Bethlehem Area School District's argument against the Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School's effort to open a second location.
But the charter school still faces barriers in...